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Definition of Melanistic
1. a. Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
Definition of Melanistic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melanistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanistic
Literary usage of Melanistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"He killed the male parent bird and kept the four young alive until July 26, 1902,
when all four were in melanistic Juvenal plumage. ..."
2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"A melanistic LOCUST. BY AP MORSE, WELLESLEY, MASS. ... melanistic male.
Description of fresh specimen, taken at Faneuil, Mass., July 22, 1892. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1900)
"8^,1?, melanistic. From Coll. S. Stevens. ... wings tinged with orange : (5)
8 $ , 5 Ç , more or less melanistic ; the more interesting being a female with ..."
4. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"In certain melanistic forms, such as concinnus, it is present, but narrow. ...
In this form, however, it accompanies a melanistic coloration which can not ..."
5. Evolution of the Colors of North American Land Birds by Charles Augustus Keeler (1893)
"This is one of the genera which is comparatively free from the workings of natural
selection and is fast becoming melanistic. The white base and tip of the ..."
6. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Although a few melanistic phases have been recorded of the eastern species, this
is, I believe, the first specimen of a melanistic ..."
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